WIRE

KURDISTAN24Iraq PM Says Coalition Forces to Withdraw From Iraq on Sept. 303H KURDISTAN24Safeen Dizayee: Iraq Must Punish Groups Attacking Kurdistan Region4H KURDISTAN24Senior PMF Official, Three Members Arrested in Baghdad4H KURDISTAN24Al-Araji: Decision for War and Peace Belongs Solely to Iraqi State4H KURDISTAN24Iran Presses Iraq Against Disarming Armed Groups, Sources Say4H 964 MEDIAGraham Arnold signs short term Iraq extension, turning down four-year deal5H IRAQI NEWSIraq, Qatar provide oil for loading inside Hormuz via bids5H RUDAWIraq coordinates with Germany, Russia ahead of US coalition withdrawal5H REUTERSIraq's Australian coach Arnold renews contract for six months5H IRAQI NEWSIraq to introduce new banknotes with three zeros removed6H RUDAWBaghdad ready to handle national security after US departure: Spox7H IRAQI NEWSIraq to raise oil exports via Turkey’s Ceyhan to 750,000 bpd8H IRAQI NEWSIraq suggests a security council involving Iran, Saudi Arabia10H THE NEW REGIONIraq to slash three zeros from currency, introduce new notes10H IRAQI NEWSIraq foreign reserves decline 11.6% to $86.17B in June 202611H IRAQI NEWSSamarra Drug Company starts first domestic Moxifloxacin Antibiotic output11HKURDISTAN24Iraq PM Says Coalition Forces to Withdraw From Iraq on Sept. 303H KURDISTAN24Safeen Dizayee: Iraq Must Punish Groups Attacking Kurdistan Region4H KURDISTAN24Senior PMF Official, Three Members Arrested in Baghdad4H KURDISTAN24Al-Araji: Decision for War and Peace Belongs Solely to Iraqi State4H KURDISTAN24Iran Presses Iraq Against Disarming Armed Groups, Sources Say4H 964 MEDIAGraham Arnold signs short term Iraq extension, turning down four-year deal5H IRAQI NEWSIraq, Qatar provide oil for loading inside Hormuz via bids5H RUDAWIraq coordinates with Germany, Russia ahead of US coalition withdrawal5H REUTERSIraq's Australian coach Arnold renews contract for six months5H IRAQI NEWSIraq to introduce new banknotes with three zeros removed6H RUDAWBaghdad ready to handle national security after US departure: Spox7H IRAQI NEWSIraq to raise oil exports via Turkey’s Ceyhan to 750,000 bpd8H IRAQI NEWSIraq suggests a security council involving Iran, Saudi Arabia10H THE NEW REGIONIraq to slash three zeros from currency, introduce new notes10H IRAQI NEWSIraq foreign reserves decline 11.6% to $86.17B in June 202611H IRAQI NEWSSamarra Drug Company starts first domestic Moxifloxacin Antibiotic output11H

THE BRIEFING · AN INDEPENDENT DIGEST

The Daily Digest

SUNDAY, 16 AUGUST 2026 · EVENING EDITION

The Daily Digest

Iraq’s finance minister said the Hormuz closure left direct effects on the country’s economy, as Baghdad was reported in talks with Washington and Tehran over Hormuz oil shipments. Verified state-audit figures rose to 2,943 from 1,042 two days earlier, and published tables to 290 from 88.

On the security file, the prime minister urged expedited delivery of advanced air-defense systems. Graduates clashed with security forces outside the Baghdad Health Ministry; iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) split on those demonstrations, one citing suppression and the other infiltrators.

Iraq’s al-Nasr Coalition affirmed state sovereignty and rejected Iran’s hegemony.

THINGS TO WATCH

Named US-Iran-Iraq Hormuz shipment arrangementmedium likelihoodhigh impactA Shafaq scoop said Iraq was already in talks with Washington and Tehran over Hormuz oil shipments, so a named deal or a denial of the talks would settle it.

VIEW THE COMPLETE BRIEFING →ALL EDITIONS →